Chapter 6: A free day
"Sakaki, can you come out? You are there over three hours." No response. Audrey started be really wonder. Her friend was looked in a huge wardrobe and refusing to come out.
"Come on, you can't stay there all day!" she knocked at the door again.
"Sakaki, if I don't get some response I get a rage. Will you come out voluntarily or I have to break the door?" she asked conversationally.
"Can you leave me alone?"
"No. Come out!" when Audrey didn't hear anything she added.
"Now!" she waited.
"Listen, I don't know what exactly bothering you but this is starting piss me off. If you don't come out immediately you will have a big problem. Namely ME!" silence again.
"Well, as you wish." When she was ready for breaking the door, Sakaki come out. Audrey knew that she must cried.
"What's the matter? And 'nothing' isn't an answer!"
Sakaki sobbed. "Nothing."
Audrey looked up as if she could find some good reason for not killing her friend and sighed.
"Today really isn't my day!" she was silently watching her friend's cry and sighed again.
"Come on, Sakaki-chan. It's late. You can tell me tomorrow if you want. Anyway, did you see Kurama? He is almost alright. He is only tired. You did a pretty good job on him!"
"That's not true."
"Yes, it's true. I spoke with Hiei. Kurama will be fine and it's because of you. So cheer up."
"But I…."
"…….?"
"I said something stupid to Minamino-san."
"Yes, I know." Audrey smiled when she saw the surprised look on Sakaki's face. She whipped her friend's tears and continued.
"You always hide, when you thing that you did something wrong. So can you tell me now what's happened?"
Sakaki told her and when she finished, Audrey wrapped her arms around her friend.
"I don't thing this is something so horrible. He will understand. Now you should go sleep. After two days, everything will be over and we return to home." When she was sure that Sakaki won't go lock in a wardrobe she went out of their room to Kurama's. He was awake so she had a chance to speak with him.
"Have you time for a talk?" she asked him.
"As you can see I don't do anything what I can't put off." He replied dryly. Audrey saw that something bothering him. She figured out what it can be.
"I hope you don't take Sakaki's talk seriously." Audrey sat down on Hiei's bed and looked at him.
"She is quite oversensitive when somebody is hurt. If it's someone who she knows her reacting is little fury."
"I really don't want to make her cry. I feel bad for it."
"Yes, that's what I can see on you. Cheer you up if I tell you, that Sakaki feels as bad as you?" at his confused look she added.
"She was looked in a wardrobe over three hours. This is something what she's doing every time when she has a feeling that she did something really horrible. She feels horrible because she yelled at you. I know it's stupid and ridiculous, but Sakaki do thing like that. So, do you feel better now?"
"No, I feel worse. I'm sorry for making such mess."
"Kurama," Audrey told him softly, "only one person here should be sorry and that's me. I should never allow you to face Vortex. I don't want to hurt your feelings but you weren't opponent for him. Yusuke told me your story. But last nineteen years totally change the legendary Youko Kurama. The most cruel and ruthless demon in the makai. You are change. You aren't him anymore!"
"I'm afraid, Audrey-chan, that somewhere really deep in myself I still am." Kurama replied silently. Audrey touched his shoulders and whisper right to his ear.
"Maybe, maybe not!"
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"Audrey?"
"Hmm?"
"Are you sleeping?"
"Not anymore!"
Sakaki smiled at her friend. She sat up on her bed and turned the light on. Audrey was turned back to her so Sakaki wasn't sure if she is still awake.
"You know, I was thinking, that after this tournament we can go back to home. I mean, back to England."
"You are at home here. You are Japanese, do you remember?"
"I know, but I mean…."
Audrey finally got up and turned to her.
"Listen! My aunt was right. I'm still doing mistakes. Back in England I did a mistake and almost killed you. Two days ago I did a mistake and almost killed Kurama. But the next time it doesn't have to be 'almost'. I don't want to get you into danger! Here I can protect you more than in England."
Sakaki looked at her and hesitantly nodded.
"Sakaki, why do want to go back to England so suddenly? I thought that you are happy here?"
"I'm not sure. I have a feeling that I shouldn't be here."
"And where exactly you should be?"
"That's what I don't know!"
"Great." Audrey's dry announce little insulted Sakaki.
"I mean it seriously!"
"Me too! But your feeling just isn't enough for me to move with you in to the most dangerous country on the whole world. Can you please go sleep now? Or is here something else?"
Sakaki was watching her hands.
"Audrey, have you some of that dreams again?" she asked silently.
"You did, don't you?" asked Audrey instead answer. Sakaki nodded.
"Ignore it, Sakaki-chan! That's everything what you can do with it. It's just a dream. Dreams aren't real." Audrey laid down and put the blanket over her body.
"Go sleep and turn that damn light off!"
Sakaki smiled and did as Audrey said to her. But she couldn't sleep. She was looking into darkness and thinking.
She must have some dreams again, too. It's so easy for her to say; ignore it! I'm sure that she thinks about it too. It's weird. We both have these dreams. They are always same. I hope Audrey is right and dream aren't real.
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"Audrey, can you stop bulling her? At last during breakfast." told Yusuke to Audrey, when she scold Sakaki for something.
"I don't bully anyone, Yusuke!"
"So? And what the hell was that? Stop doing idiot from me!"
"Actually I don't have to do idiot from you, because you already are!"
"I agree with her, Urameshi!" told Kuwabara while he was laughing.
"You look like you have good fun!"
Everybody turn to Kurama who finally got out of his bed. Everybody except Sakaki, who was studying her hands again.
"How do you feel, Kurama?" asked Yusuke.
"It can't be better. What's the matter, Sakaki-chan?" his voice was full of worry when he saw Sakaki's pale face. She tried smile.
"I'm fine. I'm just feel little dizzy." She replied weakly.
"I don't think so. You are pale as a ghost and I don't mentioned fact that one minute ago you were absolutely fine! What's happened?"
"Audrey-chan, I'm fine. It's nothing…." She suddenly couldn't breath. Everything was blur and silent. Than this feeling disappeared and she was fine. Sakaki smiled sheepishly.
"I told you, I'm alright."
"Hey, Sakkai! Aren't you pregnant?"
Sakaki turned bright red when she heard it.
"Yusuke! How can you say that!" she yelled at him, embarrassing before everyone.
"I know that Audrey look after you pretty hard, but you know, accident happens." He told her mockingly. Sakaki was absolutely speechless. She quickly stood up and run from the room. Yusuke turned at Audrey hi features confused.
"You don't even kill me for this? Are you alright too?"
"You know," she told slowly, "you can be right."
Everyone gasped and stared at Audrey in shock. She sweetly smiled at them.
"Just kidding."
Yusuke breath out in relieve. Kuwabara rolled his eyes and started arguing wit is sister. Kurama looked at Hiei and silently disappeared. It didn't take him long time to find Sakaki. She was on the beach still very embarrassed.
"Sakaki-chan?" asked Kurama when he reached her. She turned to him her face red.
"It's not true, Minamino-san!" she muttered.
"I know. Yusuke has is own humour."
"And you like it!"
"Why do you think so?"
"Because you are smiling!!" she told him angrily. Kurama started laugh. When Sakaki heard him she turned away from him, her face darkened.
"I'm sorry, Sakaki-chan,but you look wonderful when you do such face." Kurama said still laughing.
"I'm glad, I can cheer you up!" she yelled angrily. Kurama wrapped his arms around her shoulders so her back rested on his chest. Her face was now dark red.
"Sorry, Sakaki-chan."
She shook her head released herself from him.
"No, Minamino-san. I should apologize to you. I had no right to yell at you. Not now or before. I'm sorry. I just felt so hopeless."
Kurama raised his eyebrow.
"You felt hopeless, because you saved my life?"
"No, I felt hopeless because I knew that when you will be alright, you will go and fight again. I felt hopeless because nobody can stuff some intelligence into your head." She said bitterly. Kurama was looking at her absolutely confused. She stood before him, her feature angry and her fists clenched. But still she looked so….. lost. He slowly touched her chin.
She has so beautiful eyes. So dark and deep.
"I'm sorry for discomfort you, Sakaki-chan, but I really haven't any other choice than fighting in this tournament!"
"Do you try to tell me, that you not fight here just for fun?" she asked him.
"No."
Can it means that she still doesn't know, who am I?
"Minamino-san? What are you thinking about? You look thoughtfully."
He smiled at her. In no time he lent forward and lightly kissed her on her lips.
"Actually, I thought I would kiss you."
"Well, you did it, but please don't do it again!" with this she turned around and went away.
Hiei is right. I'm an idiot. What the hell I'm doing to her. Why I must acting like nuts now. I never do this before. I don't want her to hate me. Can it mean? Can be possible that I'm…..
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Another chapter finished. It took me little longer than normally. Yes I KNOW that this is lame, but it because I must cut it. The rest will be in the next chapter. I must tell you that I will not send the next chapter if I don't get some review, at last two. I had some problems with this story, because it didn't appear in fanfiction on the right place. I apologize, because I tried to remove this story and send it again to avoid this problem but it didn't worked.